Intel Xeon Gold 5218N: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

Intel started Xeon Gold 5218N sales 2 April 2019 at a recommended price of $1,375. This is a Cascade Lake architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 14 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA3647 processor with a TDP of 110 Watt. It supports DDR4-2667 memory.

Primary details

Xeon Gold 5218N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

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Market segmentServer
SeriesIntel Xeon Gold
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,375of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads32
Base clock speed2.3 GHzof 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed3.7 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
Bus typeDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier23of 42 (Core i7-7700K)
L1 cache1 MBof 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache16 MBof 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache22 MBof 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography14 nmof 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Maximum core temperature81 °Cof 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 185H)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5218N compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration4 (Multiprocessor)of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
SocketFCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)110 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5218N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Turbo Boost Technology2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Xeon Gold 5218N's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2667
Maximum memory size1 TBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels6of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
Maximum memory bandwidth128.001 GB/sof 460.8 GB/s (EPYC 9654)
ECC memory support+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5.0 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI Express lanes48of 128 (EPYC 9655P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Xeon Gold 5218N. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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